[SamuelMcF]

If the three Srs move in we have an opening for 2022 still
Any thoughts of filling that or saving

Moss is being redshirted

With the COVID year, technically everyone could come back. I don't expect that, of course. Our three seniors are:
- Delaire
- Kisunas (probably moving on, maybe to a team back home in Lithuania?)
- Fitzmorris (should't be asked back)

I'd imagine our 2 current 2022 signees are to replace the latter 2. Delaire coming back, which he can, would be massive. And of course it's possible Ingram declares for the draft, if his purported stock warrants. So there may be a need for a third, or even a fourth, recruit. 

If we end up needing another recruit, I'd be gung-ho for finding a potential impact grad transfer to fill that slot. (Recall USC's lineup yesterday had 3.) We proved that was plausible, even though the guy we wanted chose UCLA. Given COVID year portal-mania, I'd have to imagine there will be a couple starter-caliber grad transfers with good enough grades. That said, Haase's track record of late signings has also been quite good overall...missing out on last season's grad transfer gave us Raynaud, who has four-year starter potential. Delaire, Jones, and O'Connell were also late summer signings.

As of now, we only have 2 juniors on the team, Jones and Keefe - this means there are only 2 slots for 2023 at the moment as well. A grad transfer this year would put a band-aid on Delaire/Ingram's departure, and allow Haase to recruit a third player to join Carlyle in what could be an excellent 2023 class. Delaire or Ingram returning would do the same. (I don't see Ingram staying all four years anyway given current talk about him, so there will likely be another slot somewhere in the shorter term too.)

Has the football RS rule been extended to basketball? I was under the impression it's in discussion but has not yet. Moss has played garbage time in a couple games, which would make him ineligible to RS unless the rule has indeed changed.

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Why is WBB recruiting pinned but MBB recruiting isn't?

Probably because this thread is on page 5 in 1.5 years and the women's thread got to page 37 within a year. I guess we can defer to a critical mass of posters slash preferences of the admins on this one. There's certainly a sweet spot between pinning our most popular recurring threads and leaving only a small portion of the landing page for one-off threads.

Then why is football c/o 2024 recruiting pinned?

Methinks there's a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem here. This thread is on page 5 in 1.5 years because Papa John found and revived it. That was necessary because a master thread has not been pinned. There have been many other MBB recruiting threads in that time, such as threads on the commitments of Ingram, Silva, and Agarwal, because a master thread has not been pinned. I believe there would be more discussion and interest in MBB recruiting, and hence more news and posts, if a master thread were pinned. I don't want to start a new post every time someone drops a top X list.

Case in point: here is a DIFFERENT more recent 13-page "MBB Recruiting" thread that Papa John seemingly didn't find in his quest to revive one and discuss Kanaan Carlyle. (Not ragging on you, Papa John.)
https://thecardboard.org/board/showthrea...64&page=13

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Finally, here is some actual prospect-related chatter. Staff is still heavily pursuing 4* top-50 SG Wesley Yates. 247 doesn't report us as having offered, which can't help the interest of those not in the know. We have offered and are on him extremely hard. He took an OV in November.
https://247sports.com/Player/Wesley-Yates-46102823/

[tweet]https://twitter.com/thewesleyyates_/status/1455339019466903555[/tweet]

[SamuelMcF]

If the three Srs move in we have an opening for 2022 still
Any thoughts of filling that or saving

Moss is being redshirted

With the COVID year, technically everyone could come back. I don't expect that, of course. Our three seniors are:
- Delaire
- Kisunas (probably moving on, maybe to a team back home in Lithuania?)
- Fitzmorris (should't be asked back)

I'd imagine our 2 current 2022 signees are to replace the latter 2. Delaire coming back, which he can, would be massive. And of course it's possible Ingram declares for the draft, if his purported stock warrants. So there may be a need for a third, or even a fourth, recruit. 

If we end up needing another recruit, I'd be gung-ho for finding a potential impact grad transfer to fill that slot. (Recall USC's lineup yesterday had 3.) We proved that was plausible, even though the guy we wanted chose UCLA. Given COVID year portal-mania, I'd have to imagine there will be a couple starter-caliber grad transfers with good enough grades. That said, Haase's track record of late signings has also been quite good overall...missing out on last season's grad transfer gave us Raynaud, who has four-year starter potential. Delaire, Jones, and O'Connell were also late summer signings.

As of now, we only have 2 juniors on the team, Jones and Keefe - this means there are only 2 slots for 2023 at the moment as well. A grad transfer this year would put a band-aid on Delaire/Ingram's departure, and allow Haase to recruit a third player to join Carlyle in what could be an excellent 2023 class. Delaire or Ingram returning would do the same. (I don't see Ingram staying all four years anyway given current talk about him, so there will likely be another slot somewhere in the shorter term too.)

Has the football RS rule been extended to basketball? I was under the impression it's in discussion but has not yet. Moss has played garbage time in a couple games, which would make him ineligible to RS unless the rule has indeed changed.

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Why is WBB recruiting pinned but MBB recruiting isn't?

Probably because this thread is on page 5 in 1.5 years and the women's thread got to page 37 within a year. I guess we can defer to a critical mass of posters slash preferences of the admins on this one. There's certainly a sweet spot between pinning our most popular recurring threads and leaving only a small portion of the landing page for one-off threads.

Then why is football c/o 2024 recruiting pinned?

Methinks there's a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem here. This thread is on page 5 in 1.5 years because Papa John found and revived it. That was necessary because a master thread has not been pinned. There have been many other MBB recruiting threads in that time, such as threads on the commitments of Ingram, Silva, and Agarwal, because a master thread has not been pinned. I believe there would be more discussion and interest in MBB recruiting, and hence more news and posts, if a master thread were pinned. I don't want to start a new post every time someone drops a top X list.

Case in point: here is a DIFFERENT more recent 13-page "MBB Recruiting" thread that Papa John seemingly didn't find in his quest to revive one and discuss Kanaan Carlyle. (Not ragging on you, Papa John.)
https://thecardboard.org/board/showthrea...64&page=13

---

Finally, here is some actual prospect-related chatter. Staff is still heavily pursuing 4* top-50 SG Wesley Yates. 247 doesn't report us as having offered, which can't help the interest of those not in the know. We have offered and are on him extremely hard. He took an OV in November.
https://247sports.com/Player/Wesley-Yates-46102823/

[tweet]https://twitter.com/thewesleyyates_/status/1455339019466903555[/tweet]